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Bastia Poretta flight delays: the record, day by day

Eurocontrol attributes air-traffic delay to Bastia Poretta on the days it happens, with the cause. On its 25 worst days since 2019 the airport lost 2,588 minutes of arrival delay, mostly to atc staffing and aerodrome capacity. Days with nothing logged are a strong point for any passenger whose flight was late for another reason.

Was your Bastia Poretta flight 3 hours late?

The day the flight was due to leave, in local time where it left. For an overnight flight, that is the evening you set off.

Same flight number twice that day? Add the departure code

Free. No account. The airline is not contacted.

Worst days on record

DateDelay minLateCause
27 April 20192306Aerodrome capacity
11 June 20222235ATC staffing
28 May 20222175ATC staffing
31 December 20211712Weather
31 July 20211572ATC staffing
20 July 20191564ATC staffing
9 July 20221554ATC capacity
27 July 20191392Aerodrome capacity
9 September 20231362ATC equipment
4 June 20221263ATC staffing
5 July 20251152ATC capacity
15 June 20191103Aerodrome capacity
13 July 2019991Aerodrome capacity
7 May 2022963ATC staffing
9 July 2021841ATC capacity

Most recent days with delay logged

DateDelay minLateCause
19 September 2026291Aerodrome capacity
5 July 20251152ATC capacity
4 October 2024270Industrial action (non-ATC)
3 October 202450Industrial action (non-ATC)
21 September 202410ATC capacity
9 September 20231362ATC equipment
22 July 2023491ATC staffing
12 August 202270ATC staffing
7 August 2022673ATC staffing
3 August 2022472ATC staffing
30 July 2022100ATC capacity
22 July 2022140ATC capacity
9 July 20221554ATC capacity
2 July 202230ATC staffing
11 June 20222235ATC staffing

Data to 30 September 2026. Eurocontrol publishes about a month in arrears.

What usually goes wrong at Bastia Poretta

ATC staffing46%
Aerodrome capacity25%
ATC capacity21%
Weather7%

Share of logged delay minutes across the worst and most recent days shown above. Weather, ATC staffing, ATC capacity and equipment failures are the causes airlines most often plead as extraordinary; airport capacity and unspecified delay are arguable.

Questions

Is a delay at Bastia Poretta caused by weather always an extraordinary circumstance?

No. The airline must show that the weather actually affected your flight and that it took all reasonable measures. Eurocontrol logs weather delay at Bastia Poretta on specific days; if your day is not one of them, the weather defence has nothing behind it. If it is, the airline still has to connect it to your flight.

How do I find out if my Bastia Poretta flight was delayed 3 hours?

Enter the flight number and date in the checker above. It pulls the recorded arrival time, works out the delay against the schedule, and shows what Eurocontrol and the airport weather logged for Bastia Poretta that day.

Which airlines' passengers can claim after a Bastia Poretta delay?

Any airline departing Bastia Poretta is covered by EU261 regardless of nationality. Arrivals are covered when the airline is a UK or EU carrier.

Source: Eurocontrol Performance Review Unit, airport arrival ATFM delay by cause, daily. See also your rights and the compensation calculator.